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oligotroph

German, adjective[oliɡoˈtʁoːf]

oligotroph is spelled O-L-I-G-O-T-R-O-P-H (10 letters). Oligotroph is a German adjective meaning “oligotrophic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nährstoffarm (in Bezug auf Böden oder Gewässern)”.

What does oligotroph mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    oligotrophic

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. nährstoffarm (in Bezug auf Böden oder Gewässern)

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of oligotroph

  • oligotropher masculine nominative singular
  • am oligotrophsten superlative
  • oligotrophe feminine nominative singular
  • oligotrophes neuter nominative singular
  • oligotrophen genitive masculine singular
  • oligotrophem dative masculine singular
  • der oligotrophe definite includes-article masculine
  • die oligotrophe definite feminine includes-article
  • das oligotrophe definite includes-article neuter
  • die oligotrophen definite includes-article nominative
  • des oligotrophen definite genitive includes-article
  • der oligotrophen definite feminine genitive
  • dem oligotrophen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce oligotroph?

  • [oliɡoˈtʁoːf]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to oligotroph

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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